Monografiya posvyashchena samobytnoy, original'noy oblasti traditsionnogo iskusstva - derevyannoy posude i utvari yakutov XVIII-XIX vv., predstavlennykh v kollektsiyakh krupneyshikh muzeev Respubliki Sakha (Yakutiya). V rabote predprinyata popytka prosledit' istoki khudozhestvennykh traditsiy yakutskoy posudy, rassmatrivayutsya printsipy ee formoobrazovaniya. Avtorom dana obshchaya kharakteristika osnovnykh tipov derevyannoy posudy ikh funktsional'nykh i tekhnologicheskikh osobennostey, rassmotreny motivy i kompozitsionnye kachestva ornamenta. Kniga soderzhit materialy o proiskhozhdenii ritual'nogo kumysnogo sosuda chorona. Rabota adresovana iskusstvovedam, kul'turologam i shirokomu krugu chitateley, interesuyushchikhsya voprosami istorii traditsionnogo iskusstva narodov Sibiri.